FLINT, MI – What Genesee District Library officials initially thought was a water main break turned out to be a just a broken valve, according to Genesee Valley Center mall Vice President and General Manager Ed McHale.

“A valve malfunctioned inside a common area of the mall,” McHale said. “It’s not that serious. Some water leaked into the arcade and into the library and it’s basically a small area.”

The broken valve caused water to leak into the arcade area and into the adjacent Genesee Valley Center Library, said Trent Smiley, community relations officer for the library.

As a result of the leak, the library said it would be forced to close indefinitely. The arcade was still open for business, McHale said.

Smiley said he isn’t sure if there has been any significant damage to the library, but workers are working to fix the problem.